Toy bird.



No.4682,5|9. Patend Sept. I0, 190|. C. M. BARTHLUMEW.

TUY BIRD.

(Application med July 2a, 1901.)

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OASSIUS M. BARTHOLOMEW, OF NELSONVILIJE, OHIO.

TOY BIRD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,519, dated September 10, 1901.

Application led July 23, 1901. Serial No. 69,412. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CAssIUs M. BARrHoLo MEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nelsonville, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Birds, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to toy birds; and the object of the same is to constructabird which when drawn head foremost through the air the Wings will flap and the tail vibrate in a manner very analogous to that of a real flying bird. This is accomplished by the simple and novel construction described in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in Which- Figure l is a perspective of my bird attached to a wire. Fig. 2 is a development of one pair of the parallel members out of which I construct the body and tail of my bird. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the wings and the breast member which supports the same.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates the body of my bird, which comprises a head 2, tail 3, and middle portion 4. The body 1 is composed of parallel vertical members formed in pairs, made of asingle sheet of paper or other iieXible membrane (see Fig. 2) and connected together along the tail portion 3. These members 5 are slotted at 6 in the middle portion 4 and secured together by a breast member 7, passed through the slots and bent up4 at an angle of forty-ve degrees from the ver= tical. This breast member 7 is of stiff matein Fig. l.

at 11 makes them flare upward and spreads the tail like a paper fan and gives it a natural appearance.

To operate my bird, it is attached to a Wire or stick and drawn rapidly through the air either straight forward or swung in a circle. This action will cause the wings to flap and the tail to vibrate in a manner which is quite natural.

I do not wish to .be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modified in many particulars without departing from thev spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a toy bird, the combination of a plurality of flexible members secured together and forming a body having a spreading tail, and Wings hinged to said body, substantially as described.

2. In a toy bird, the combination of a plurality of exible members secured together and extending parallel to form a body and diverging to form a spreading tail, and wings hinged to said body, substantially as de'- scribed.

3. In a toy bird, the combination of flexible members formed in pairs of an integral sheet of paper and connected along the tail, said members being secured together paral-4 lel to each other to form a head and body and diverging to form a tail, and Wings leaning and pointing forward, hinged to said body,- substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

OASSIUS M. BARTI-IOLOMEW.

Witnesses:

A. P. NEWTON, J. J. LANE. 

